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Twin NASA Science Probes Start Lunar Gravity Mapping

March 8, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter NASA’s twin lunar orbiting GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft christened Ebb and Flow have kicked off their science collection phase aimed at precisely mapping our Moon’s gravity field, interior composition and evolution, the science team informed Universe Today. “GRAIL’s [...]

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America’s Youth Christen NASA’s Twin New Lunar Craft – Ebb & Flow

January 18, 2012

A classroom of America’s Youth from an elementary school in Bozeman, Montana submitted the stellar winning entry in NASA’s nationwide student essay contest to rename the twin GRAIL lunar probes that just achieved orbit around our Moon on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 2012 “Ebb” & “Flow” – are the dynamic duo’s official [...]

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First GRAIL Twin Enters Lunar Orbit – NASA’s New Year’s Gift to Science

January 1, 2012

Cheers erupted after the first of NASA’s twin $496 Million Moon Mapping probes entered orbit on New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31) upon completion of the 40 minute main engine burn essential for insertion into lunar orbit. The small GRAIL spacecraft will map the lunar interior with unprecedented precision to deduce the Moon’s hidden interior composition. [...]

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NASA’s Unprecedented Science Twins are GO to Orbit our Moon on New Year’s Eve

December 29, 2011

In less than three days, NASA will deliver a double barreled New Year’s package to our Moon when an unprecedented pair of science satellites fire up their critical braking thrusters for insertion into lunar orbit on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. NASA’s dynamic duo of GRAIL probes are “GO” for Lunar Orbit Insertion [...]

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Student Alert: GRAIL Naming Contest – Essay Deadline November 11

September 29, 2011

Student Alert ! – Here’s your once in a lifetime chance to name Two NASA robots speeding at this moment to the Moon on a super science mission to map the lunar gravity field. They were successfully launched from the Earth to the Moon on September 10, 2011. Right now the robots are called GRAIL [...]

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